Puppis Definition
pŭpĭs
noun
A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Canis Major and Pyxis.
American Heritage
A S constellation between Vela and Columba.
Webster's New World
pronoun
(astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the stern of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.
Wiktionary
Origin of Puppis
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Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin puppis (“stern of a ship").
From Wiktionary
Latin puppis stern, poop
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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